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enhttp://wvasfm.org/feeds/34471/rss.xmlIndicted Ex-Oil CEO Aubrey McClendon Dies In Car Crashhttp://wvasfm.org/post/indicted-ex-oil-ceo-aubrey-mcclendon-dies-car-crash
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Indicted+Ex-Oil+CEO+Aubrey+McClendon+Dies+In+Car+Crash&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxODMzOTc3MDEzMjAzMzEyMDA3Njc1Nw004)"/></div><p>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:27:00 +0000Joe Wertz80330 at http://wvasfm.orgIn Oklahoma, Low Energy Prices Drive State Budget Crisishttp://wvasfm.org/post/oklahoma-low-energy-prices-drive-state-budget-crisis
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+Oklahoma%2C+Low+Energy+Prices+Drive+State+Budget+Crisis&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAzODUzOTQwMDEyNDk2NzQ5ODE5OTFmNQ004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: <p>In Oklahoma, the economy runs on oil. The energy industry drives 1 in 5 jobs and is tied to almost every type of tax source. So falling oil prices have created a state budget crisis.Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:29:00 +0000Joe Wertz78060 at http://wvasfm.orgOklahoma's Extreme Drought Has Wheat Farmers Bracing For Worsthttp://wvasfm.org/post/oklahomas-extreme-drought-has-wheat-farmers-bracing-worst
Rainfall totals in southwest Oklahoma are more than 3 inches below normal. And that means that the wheat crop grown in brothers Fred and Wayne Schmedt's farm is several inches shorter than normal as well.<p>Laughter is key to surviving as a farmer here. Fred Schmedt looks out on his field, then down at his legs and laughs at how short the wheat stalks are.<p>"What would you call that, high-shoe-top high?" he says. "In a normal year — a really good year — it'd be thigh-high.Fri, 30 May 2014 20:06:00 +0000Joe Wertz48953 at http://wvasfm.orgOklahoma's Extreme Drought Has Wheat Farmers Bracing For WorstA Sharp Rise In Earthquakes Puts Oklahomans On Edgehttp://wvasfm.org/post/sharp-rise-earthquakes-puts-oklahomans-edge
For the past three decades, Oklahoma averaged about 50 earthquakes a year. But that number has skyrocketed in the past few years. In 2013 — the state's most seismically active year ever — there were almost 3,000.<p>The quakes are small, and they're concentrated in the central part of the state, where the Erwins live.<p>Amanda Erwin says that even on a clear day, she knows something's up when the thunder begins: The chandelier swings, and the walls and bed start rumbling. Her husband, Keith, says the earthquakes remind him of the artillery he used to hear growing up near a military base.Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:18:00 +0000Joe Wertz40592 at http://wvasfm.orgA Sharp Rise In Earthquakes Puts Oklahomans On EdgeDust Bowl Worries Swirl Up As Shelterbelt Buckleshttp://wvasfm.org/post/dust-bowl-worries-swirl-shelterbelt-buckles
In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl ravaged crops and helped plunge the U.S. into an environmental and economic depression.Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:18:00 +0000Joe Wertz34472 at http://wvasfm.orgDust Bowl Worries Swirl Up As Shelterbelt Buckles